Morning journal and courier., 1887-07-30
LOCAL NEWS.
Brief Mention

Rents collected promptly at H. F. .Hoadley's s
 Attention is called to the advertisement ot L. F. Comstock & Go.
 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers will picnic at Savin Rock, August 10.
 The general distribution of the tax bills 5000 in number, was begun yesterday.
 The committee on schools will award con tracts for furnishing school supplies August 9th.
 The schooner Josephine arrived yesterday morning with cargo of coal for Benedict & Downs.
 Rescue lodge, I. O. G. T., of this city, visits Nonpareil lodge, of Bridgeport, Au- gust 10th.
 The New Haven cigarmakers have elected Isaac Hayes as delegate to the national con- vention at Binghamton.
 Mrs. W. Bullen, of Plainville, arrived at Savin Rock yesterday to stay a week there with her sister, Mrs. Edwin Hills.
 Cashier L. K. Curtis, of the Southington National bank, and family will spend the month of August at Sachem's Head.
 Ebenezer Leonard, one of Norwich's most prominent citizens, died yesterday at the age of 75. He graduated at Yale in 1881.
 "Can we stand many more such hot days?" are questions which everyone is asking this morning, says yesterdays Waterbury Ameri- can.
 Harry Leigh, the grocer, sold out yester- day his interest the grocery business, hitherto Leigh & Davis on Chapel street, to his part- ner, MT. Davis.
 Died in Stratford yesterday at the resi- dence of N. B. Middlebrook, Mrs. Mary Gould. widow of the late Ambrose Gould, aged 91 years.
 The sea serpent has returned to Long Island Sound, according to the stories. His principal lounging place appears to be of Bridgeport and Stratford.
 During the thunder storm of Wednesday evening in winsted the lightning struck the house of MT. Barber on Monroe street, pros trating MT. Barber and setting the carpet on fire.
 Rev. Mrs. Hanaford will preach tomorrow morning, but there will be no evening ser- vice and the church will be closed during August. The pastors vacation will be spent in part probably at Nantucket.
 
 from New Haven and vicinity about leaving from the mountains to Burgess & Burgess to select from the firms matchless stock of trunks, travelling bags, etc. Tourists hot weather hats speciality.
 The board of directors of the Odd Fellows Mutual Aid association have voted benefits of g, 900 each on the deaths of Dr. John A. oEI ahn of Iington and Isaac F. Whitney of Meriden. Seven new members were admitted.
 Of the charter members of Germania lodge I. o. O. F., one, Louis Feldman, is living. The other charter members with one excep- ton were Leopold Waterman, Charles Ruick- hold, Abraham Kahn, Louis Rothchild and Nathan Frankau, who was at one time cap tain of the City Guards.
 A party of New York people are at Quassa- paug lake, Middlebury, on the Munson prop erty not far from Wallace's, with pitched tents and all the accessories for an outing, including cook, They have chartered the sailboat and some other craft and are enjoy ing the place immensely.
 MT. Barker, of Thomaston, has severed his connection with J. Temple & Co.,, of that place, and will come to New Haven where he will be employed by Mcintyre, Mcguire & Go. until the opening of the minstrel season, when he will resume his old position with Thatcher, Primrose & West.
 MT. Max Kastner and two friends returned last evening from days fishing in the Sound off Milford. They caught large number of fine sen bass and black6sh, and the weather was cool and comfortable while fishing as there was stiff breeze blowing. On their return to the city they immediately became aware that humidity and lack of breeze were still reigning.